Umi-no-Nakamichi Station (海ノ中道駅, Umi-no-Nakamichi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by JR Kyushu.[1]
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 Umi-no-Nakamichi in 2015 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Saitozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken 811-0321 Japan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°39′51″N 130°21′42″E / 33.66417°N 130.36167°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | .svg){kind=logo} JR Kyushu | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | JD Kashii Line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 2.1 km from Saitozaki | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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| Status | Remotely managed station | ||||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 July 1935 | ||||||||||
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| FY2020 | 360 daily | ||||||||||
| Rank | 253th (among JR Kyushu stations) | ||||||||||
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Lines
editThe station is served by the Kashii Line and is located 2.1 km from the starting point of the line at Saitozaki.[2]
Station layout
editThe station, which is unstaffed, consists of a side platform serving a single track at grade. The station building is the right wing of the entrance block of the Umi-no-Nakamichi Seaside Park and houses a waiting room and automatic ticket vending machines.[2][3]
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A distant view of the station and Umi-no-Nakamichi Seaside Park entrance. The station building is to the left of the picture. -
A view of the platform and track.
History
editThe station was opened on 1 July 1935 by the private Hakata Bay Railway and Steamship Company as a temporary stop its track from Saitozaki to Umi. On 15 July 1941, the stop was upgraded to a full station. On 19 September 1942, the Hakata Bay Railway and Steamship, with a few other companies, merged into the Kyushu Electric Tramway. Three days later, the new conglomerate, which had assumed control of the station, became the Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu). On 1 May 1944, Nishitetsu's track from Saitozaki to Umi was nationalized. Japanese Government Railways (JGR) took over control of the station and designated the track which served as the Kashii Line. On 9 March 1987, Japanese National Railways, the postwar successor of JGR, moved the station further north along the track nearer to the starting point at Saitozaki. The location of the old station became the Nakamichi signal box. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, JR Kyushu took over control of the station.[2][4][5]
On 14 March 2015, the station, along with others on the line, became a remotely managed "Smart Support Station". Under this scheme, passengers using the automatic ticket vending machines or ticket gates could receive assistance via intercom from staff at a central support centre.[6]
Passenger statistics
editIn fiscal 2020, the station was used by an average of 360 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 253th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu.[7]
Surrounding area
edit- National Uminonakamichi Seaside Park
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "JR Kyushu Route Map" (PDF). JR Kyushu. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ a b c Kawashima, Ryōzō (2013). 図説: 日本の鉄道 四国・九州ライン 全線・全駅・全配線・第3巻 北九州 筑豊 エリア [Japan Railways Illustrated. Shikoku and Kyushu. All lines, all stations, all track layouts. Volume 3 Kyushu Chikuhō area] (in Japanese). Kodansha. pp. 27, 70. ISBN 9784062951623.
- ^ "海ノ中道駅" [Umi-no-Nakamichi]. hacchi-no-he.net. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. I. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 220. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ Ishino, Tetsu; et al., eds. (1998). 停車場変遷大事典 国鉄・JR編 [Station Transition Directory – JNR/JR] (in Japanese). Vol. II. Tokyo: JTB Corporation. p. 695. ISBN 4-533-02980-9.
- ^ "香椎線の各駅が「Smart Support Station」に変わります" [Stations on the Kashii Line to become "Smart Support Stations"] (PDF). JR Kyushu. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ "駅別乗車人員上位300駅（2020年度）" (PDF). Retrieved 8 September 2023.
External links
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Media related to Uminonakamichi Station at Wikimedia Commons
- Umi-no-Nakamichi (JR Kyushu)(in Japanese)
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